COMMENTARY: Obama and GOP need to act fast when they agree

11:13 AM,
Mar. 15, 2013

Written by

Michael Leavitt
and Lanhee Chen

We hardly need another reminder that our nation desperately needs to unify and work to advance the the best ideas of both parties.

Some bipartisan success might be just what Washington needs to build trust and find consensus on the thornier issues that divide us. One step the President Obama could take is to consider more of the most thoughtful ideas advanced by his opponent, Mitt Romney, in last fall's election and to move more quickly on those he has already embraced.

Last summer, we led a behind-the-scenes effort to plan for a potential Romney administration. Hundreds of well-regarded ...